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Review Of Cahuilla Nation Activism And The Tribal Casino Movement, Terri Castaneda
Review Of Cahuilla Nation Activism And The Tribal Casino Movement, Terri Castaneda
The Journal of Social Encounters
In this highly accessible book, anthropologist Theodor Gordon tackles settler society’s deep deficit of knowledge about the tribal casino industry’s legal and historical underpinnings. At the core of his analysis are the Cahuilla nations and homelands situated in present day Southern California, the “epicenter of the tribal gaming movement” (p. 19). The fourth title in University of Nevada’s “The Gambling Series,” this study contributes new texture to the embryonic field of tribal gaming studies and is an especially welcome addition to the meager corpus of California-based tribal gaming ethnographies. Yet this hardly describes the breadth of its scholarly relevance. As …
You Bet They're Having Fun! Older Americans And Casino Gambling, Janet Hope, Linda Havir
You Bet They're Having Fun! Older Americans And Casino Gambling, Janet Hope, Linda Havir
Sociology Faculty Publications
This exploratory two-stage study of a small sample of older Minnesotans finds no evidence that casino gambling activities threaten their well-being. For most respondents, the social benefits were the most salient parts of this activity and they were well aware of the danger signs of problem behaviors. Social exchange theory explains why they visit casinos and how much they spend. The life course perspective explains their decisions based on past behaviors and is consistent with how they have lived their lives. We suggest that age norms determine the public's perceptions that casino gambling is problematic for older people. Results are …